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Last updated Sep 13, 2026

yara-scan-batch

Reads a file store URL from each input row, scans that file with enabled YARA rules, and adds the detection result to the row.

yara-scan-batch [field=VALUE] [timeout=VALUE] [max-size=VALUE]
field=VALUE
Optional. Input field containing a file store URL. Default: file_url. Each URL must identify a file, not a directory.
timeout=VALUE
Optional. Per-file scan timeout in seconds. Default: 60.
max-size=VALUE
Optional. Maximum file size in bytes. Default: 67108864 (64 MiB). Larger files produce an error result.

Output fields

FieldTypeNameDescription
_matched_countIntegerMatch counte.g. 2
_matched_rulesStringMatched rulese.g. EICAR_Test_File
_errorStringErrore.g. file too large (over 67108864 bytes)